Knæbukke

Old Danish Dictionary - knæbukke

Meaning of Old Danish word "Knæbukke", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Knæbukke can mean:

  • go. bøje knæ; de knebuckide, spot-tide oc begynte att helse hannom. Tavsen, Jesu passies. hyst. 24; geniculor, ieg knebucker. Turson, Vocab. 341; hand skal gerne forlade oe icke lade lenge bede oc knæbueke sig. Tidemand, Post. II. 84; hine gior til crestur deris bøn, knæbucke faar stocke oc stene. Mariager,Fadervor. tå; huem nu best hyckle oe smigre kand, knæbucke, ja ney' oe kysø' paa haand. H.H. Skonning, Hed. Philos. 814.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚿᛅᛒᚢᚴᚴᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
go.
gærningsord (verbum).
t.
tysk.

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